New photos of Nokia Lumia 730 and Lumia 735 hit web before announcement

Next week in Berlin, Microsoft is expected to announce at two new Windows Phones, specifically the Lumia 730 and Lumia 830, both mid-range Windows Phones.

This morning, new photos of the Lumia 730 – first revealed by us a few weeks ago – have hit the web ahead of the press event. Even more, the photos confirm what we suspected: there are single SIM with 4G and dual SIM 3G variants.

The new photos show the devices in ample light, finally revealing more details about the highly anticipated Lumia 720 follow-up. The phones look thin, and they remind us of a cross between the original Lumia 720 and a Lumia 800/920 for design.

Rumored specifications of the Lumia 73x include some noteworthy specs, including:

4.7-inch HD ClearBlack display

Quad-core Snapdragon processor

1 GB of RAM

6.7 MP rear camera; 5 MP front-facing camera

8 GB of internal storage; micro SD expansion

No camera button, on-screen keys

New Lumia 'Debian Red' firmware

4G LTE

The Lumia 73x is looking to be a snappy device and a great followup to one of our favorite Lumias. Next week may prove to be an exciting press conference, especially for those looking for a solid, affordable mid-range Windows Phone.

New photos of Nokia Lumia 730 and Lumia 735 hit web before announcement

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Very attractive device, and I for one quite like to see the continuation and refinement of the N9 design - trimmer, smaller bezels etc. (one minor niggle is that the corner of my 920 has worn a hole in the bottom of my jeans pocket. But then I do buy cheap jeans.)

With on-screen buttons though this one ain't for me. I'm ITCHING to see more of the 830 however - fingers crossed for 5" IPS, Glance and Qi...

We in the U.S. should know on Sept. 4th or a little latter on. I would think it about 90% T-Mobile will carry it in White only! But I will just wait for a couple of months to see what else is available before I jump in!

I hope so too. I have a grey case on my Lumia 820 and I like it very much. Very nice colour grey. And the Lumia 73x will have a removable case so swapping should be easy. I plan to get a white, black and hopefully a grey case.

I like the new numbering for 4G and dual sim version. Such as 630/635 and now 730/735. Looks like there will be 535 for 4G or even better specs. Yeah! No more refreshment device like 925 that launched 6 months after 920 announcement!!

Wow, now that does look nice. Maybe I won't be looking at the 830 to replace my 820. If those rumoured specs turn out to be near enough the confirmed specs, it's basically my perfect device. The only thing that made me get the 820 over the 720 was the 512mb of ram. Not that I'd have the money to upgrade anyway, but this is very tempting indeed :P

Nice device. I am very tempted with the dual sim phone, but having a L1520 it would be quite a step down the ladder. Oh, why can't we get a 1520 successor with dual sim and SD card? I would sell my grandmother for it.

It's kind of refreshing to see a new Nokia device that doesn't look like a brick or a soap dish but the lack of camera shutter button is beyond disappointing. Such a dumb move by MS to remove that requirement.

All these comments about the camera button are stupid look Microsoft needs to compete with android in order to make OEMs even want to consider windows. This decision to loosen hardware restrictions makes it easier to make cheaper devices and port android devices to WP

I think the strategy should not b to switch androids to Nokia as like they did...it should b different. And camera button and Glance screen is actually creating a difference in Nokia..they must follow some standard rules which is and which was an amazing features.

Anyone else kind of annoyed that Nokia keeps making 3 variants of their phones and putting US in back burner in names? Were used to the x20 being single sim, American locked (not always) with the full feature set, with the x25/8 being the modified or extra feature version of that device. Here with the dualsim/no 4g they keep making those the base x30 versions while the version US will most likely get is the modified x35 versions and that's really confusing.

Really disappointed with the design. I was hoping it looked like the 720, which I thought looked really sharp. Instead this is just a 720 with a 920 shell (not partial to the squared-off top and bottom).

Nokia designs have really taken a wrong turn. The last normal sized phone design that they had that was appealing was the 925, which was never available in Canada. The 1520 was also a nice design, just too damned big. The forthcoming 830 is just an Icon/930 clone. This latter phone had a really disappointing "blocky" design, and the 830 looks no better.

I'm really unhappy that there will be no high-end Lumia this year with the cancellation of the McLaren, not to be seen now until sometime in 2015.

True, are they a short of Design or just wanted to copy like an ape...seriously MS needs to think further to take devices business further and actually a decision to sell of Nokia to MS was really a bad bad decision....

I love the design! Really looks like my old L900. I don't mind the on-screen buttons, but could not go without the one for the camera. The thing is... Everytime I want to take a picture, I already start the camera while I get the phone out of my pocket. Simply by pressing the camera button. I'd go crazy, if I had to push the power button, unlock the phone, search for the camera app und tip the tile. Sorry pals, this 'll sadly never be my new phone.

But if it is designed to compete against the new iphones and upcoming android devices, this will never succeed because it looks ugly... and honestly i don't get why people say the 920 looks good.. it has a plain and boring design, too heavy and thick, i wish this could look more a 925ish

The slightly rounded underside makes it not slap the ground or table if laid down. The rounded corners also don't dig into your hands. Finally, no camera hump means WC, NFC, and holding the phone are easy without damaging the hump over time. It lays down flat. No protruding pieces to snag on pockets either.

In my area, I beg to differ. I've had people ask to take it out of the case to look at it, even if they like iPhones. I love the device, and they are probably not bring back most of these elements after the designer of the 920 left Nokia. Regardless, I'd love a 1530 with 920 design elements.
Edit: additionally, the devices you have listed are from a newer phone era, while the 920 was releases in Nov 2012. Design changes over time.

This is a device that has my attention. Like the design cues. The 830 is also very interesting. Finally some pucker devices! Of course, the 1520 reigns supreme but it's good to see the lower orders catch up and offer good value. The 5 & 6 series are too gimped for me (625 is as budget as I'd like it :/) but these devices look genuinely good. Hope they are priced reasonably - and by that I mean the 830 is NOT above £200. If that.

Debian Red? Meanwhile I'm still sitting here without Cyan on my 822. Verizon needs to pull their fingers out of their butts. Can't even upgrade my pfd to 8.1.1 due to the error that still hasn't been fixed!

Probably will go with the 830 as the 730 doesn't seem like much of an upgrade, camera wise I'd be going backwards.

Those devices that are coming out look very excellent and I don't see the problem with the new windows phones without a camera button. As you can see we never see a camera button on IPhone and so android phones have had no camera buttons. I'm use to a phone with a camera button or not.

T-Mobile offering the 735 would be awesome if it came in another color other then "White". But they just do not like to stock many Lumia phones. I just hope they don't change the sizing from the standard 735! Beggers cannot be fessy I guess. The 521 was terrible for accessories because there were almost no accessories made for the 521 and 520 had tons of them but it was a little longer then the 520! Crazy T-Mobile management! The should look at the phone in terms of the user; not to make it so exclusive that nobody support it! LOL!

Nice to see mud range services have lost camera button. Would love to see all buttons removed and put on screen. Double trap to wake and respective tile for sleep. Volume dragged down already on notification centre. Little to change really.

This! And even if not for the rumored removable battery, then again how would it be possible to access sim card slot and memory card slot! In the pic, it certainly does look like unibody design but it can't be!

Don't know if the any U.S. carrier with the exception of AT&T will carry any Lumia color other then black and white! I seen a Orange Lumia 930 at the airport. It looks awesome! But not available in the U.S. market.

At least for some you can buy interchangeable backs for the device, 520, 635. AT&T had yellow 1520's, and there were blue and yellow 8Xs when those came out. Maybe we will see some more color options in the US.

The camera hardware button is missing. That's weird if they are going to advertise it as a selfie phone. If design and cost is what is stopping it why not implement something similar to what iPhone does? Have volume up/down act as a camera button while in camera app mode and also add a quick access to camera app from lock screen. Yes it seems like a feature copy but everyone copies one another now and why not it's more consumer friendly.

Really? It is faster to hit the one button, swipe up the lock screen and tap the camera icon, than just hit one button? How does that work? Now I know both iOS and Android have adapted and allowed openning the camera with a swipe/gesture after you have it the on button, and so does Win8, but I find it hard to beleive that one button is slower than a button and a swipe, or a button a swipe and a tap.

Yes, it is faster, try doing it yourself or I guess it's up to the user's speed of doing it. Cos of lack of camera button on new phones I've have tested how fast is it to get to the camera - depends on where you put your Camera tile. It takes like a second.

ThisI bought a couple of 720s for me and my wife, I upgraded mine for a 1020 and I must say that whenever I use my wife's 720 I can't help but feel that designwise it's a wonderful device (I think the most refined design on a Lumia). I works great too, too bad it has the 520 Mb limitation. That said, the 730 looks like a winner to me

Always happy to see more midrange devices-- they seem to sell well overseas, and that's what keeps WP/Nokia alive. For myself, though, I wanna aim a little higher-- I'm hoping to upgrade to the 830 once I can, depending on what the final specs look like.

Really?!? Pretty sure every phone manufacturer has specific "look" about them...iphones, all the same. Samsungs, all look relatively alike, HTC...i feel they haven't adopted a personal look until the last 2 years. What you said really doesn't make sense...annnnd you're a minority.

Err....The photos says 730 is dual sim and 735 is single sim. Article says completely opposite.
CORRECT IT PLEASE.
I hope both will have 1GB RAM unlike Lumia630 and 638/5 . Not that 630 is slow or something. Its butter smooth. :D
I'm looking forward to 830. Might be my next upgrade.

I'm going for 83x as 73x doesn't have a camera button, may not have ClearBlack display, I'm comfortable with the capacitive buttons(don't really like onscreen buttons) and I like the design and premium look of 83x since I'm done with 720-like design. Otherwise both the phones have a soft corner in my heart.